DGGS make more seismic data available

Alaska’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Services has announced the availability of data from four 3-D seismic surveys shot on Alaska’s North Slope and the nearshore waters of the Beaufort Sea. There are two surveys from Harrison Bay, while the onshore surveys consist of the Nanuq South and Storms surveys. The survey data is issued by the DGGS Geologic Materials Center and can be obtained via the GMC website.

The data come from surveys conducted with funding assistance through state oil production tax credits. Under the terms of the credits companies carrying out the surveys had to provide the survey data to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, with the data then becoming available to the public after 10 years. DNR has been collating and compiling the massive amount of data submitted and has already released several datasets through the GMC.

- ALAN BAILEY